The efficacy and contraindications of flat grass

Polygonum multiflorum, also known as powdery grass, road grass, flat vine, etc., is an annual herb of the Polygonum genus of the Polygonaceae family. It is native to most areas of the south. It grows in fields, roadsides, and humid and sunny places. When used as a medicine, it can descend and benefit the bladder. It is bitter and dry and can remove insects, dampness and itching. It is mainly used for stranguria and eczema. Let's take a look at the effects and taboos of Polygonum multiflorum!

1. Good for urination

Both Herba Polygoni Multiflori and Herba Dianthus Dianthus have a slightly bitter and cold taste and can act as a diuretic and relieve stranguria. They are often used together to enhance the effects of clearing heat and detoxifying, and are a commonly used medicine pair for treating stranguria caused by damp-heat in the lower abdomen. Among them, the herb Dianthus superbus can eliminate parasites and relieve itching, and can be used to treat skin eczema, female vulva itching, and gastrointestinal parasite infections such as parasites and hookworms; the herb Dianthus superbus can promote blood circulation, remove blood stasis and dredge meridians, and can be used to treat female blood stasis, liver depression and kidney deficiency.

2. Diuresis, diuresis, deworming and itching

Bianxucao is used to treat cold and dampness stranguria, and can treat urinary tract infections, stones, hematuria, etc. It can treat parasitic infections such as pinworms. The herb can also be boiled into a decoction and used for external washing to treat scars, rashes and itching. Treat dysentery and jaundice. The description of the effects and functions of Bianzhucao in "The Mirror of Food and Medicine" is that for treating itching in children's areas affected by pinworms: a handful of BIAN bamboo leaves. Cut it, add one liter of water, boil it and take five he of it, remove the residue, drink it on an empty stomach, the worms will be excreted immediately. It is also good to use the juice to cook porridge. The description of the effects and functions of Bianxucao in "Zhejiang Folk Herbs" is: for treating anal itching or initial hemorrhoids: 100-150 grams of BIANxucao. Boil the soup, fumigate and wash while it is hot.

3. Promoting bile secretion

The herb has a bile-boosting effect on rats and dogs. The water and alcohol extracts of Psoralea corylifolia can accelerate blood coagulation and increase the supporting force of the uterus. They can be used as hemostatic agents for miscarriage and abnormal uterine bleeding in pregnant women during childbirth. Intravenous injection into cats, rabbits, and dogs has the effect of lowering blood pressure.

4. Antibacterial effect

In vitro fertilization, flat grass has an inhibitory effect on tinea mentagrophytes and Microsporum woolly; the inhibitory effect on Shigella dysenteriae is weaker, and at a concentration of 25%, it inhibits the growth of Shigella flexneri type VI and Shigella sonnei; the inhibitory effect on other Shigella dysenteriae is not significant. However, the clinical treatment effect is relatively satisfactory, and the antibacterial effects of the two in vitro fertilization are not consistent.

Who is not suitable to take Bianxu?

side effect

Bianchus aconitifolia belongs to the category of Chinese medicinal materials and all foods have certain side effects. They should be taken in moderation, as all medicines are toxic.

Taboo Group

People without edema caused by cold and dampness, and those who are weak and sickly are not suitable for taking Bianxu.